"Exactor" under the name Koler spreads via SMS-messages. In case of infection, it locks the screen device and asks the owner to pay a "fine".
To further spread the virus uses a list of contacts to which makes sending messages to the following potential victims.
"Program-extortionists have long been used against mobile users are becoming more sophisticated. Bag of tricks that can lure a site with dangerous software is easily misleading, and owners of devices quickly find themselves trapped, without even having anything to suspect ", - says Roman Veraksich, head of retail sales in Russia and the CIS, McAfee.
"Someone created a profile under the name Luke Pellichiari (Luca Pelliciari) and downloaded some of your photos! is that you? http://bit.ly/xxxxxx »- is this text uses" extortionist »Koler to lure owners of Android and send them the link to the page Dropbox, which offers download the application PhotoViewer.Posle install the virus locks the screen and the device displays it fake page FBI with information about what the user has discovered illegal content, for which you must pay a fine using MoneyPak Voucher. Only after that the device is unlocked.
"The number of mobile malware is increasing in proportion to the number of devices. Today, smart phones or tablets are increasingly can be seen even in the hands of inexperienced novice users - children and the elderly - says Marek Horil, COO of Prestigio. - Anti-virus applications installed on mobile time technique can reliably protect yourself and your family against possible threats. "
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